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THE FLAG 



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THAT STIRS 

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CLINTON G. DODGE 



OAKLANH, CAIvIFORNIA. 

Sung by Mrs. Grace E. Dodge on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anni- 
versary of the Raising of the American Flag over the State 
of California, at Monterey, July yth, 1896. 



To THE Patriotic Chii.dren of the Public Schools of Monterey, 
California, this Song is Respectfully Dedicated. 

[Copyright, 1896, by Clinton G. Dodge.] 



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I. 

I stood 'nealli Columbia's dome, 

That crowns a structure grand, 

In a nation ruled by liberty, 

Such a patriot loving land; 

" I listened the grandest stiain, 

Mine ear had ever heard," 

Eniaptured, thrilled, inspired T was, 

My patriot soul was stirred. 

I looked on a banner fair, 

My heart was in its fold, 

I heard the chimes of liberty, 

An anthem, grand and bold, 

And then there burst a cheer 

That through the nation rolls, 

It was a cheer for the old tiag, 

The flag that stirs our souls. 



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II. 

That Hag we will never forsake, 

That Hag with its record so dear, 

I think of the deeds that honor its name, 

And of our sons — strangers to fear. 

I look tliroiigh the years of the past, 

On scenes with their splendor bright, 

On battles won — by the old flag, 

Oh, tliat banner of the right. 

In grandeur sights we may see 

But never shall there wave 

A flag that thrills us o'er like this, 

Like this so grandly brave. 

The mem'ry of that flag so dear. 

O'er land and ocean rolls, 

Long wave the flag of liberty. 

The flag that stirs our souls. 

CHORUS. 
Oh, flag — dear old flag. 
We'll wave it high on land and sea 
The flag that stirs our souls. 

NOTE.— This song should be sung to the air of ** The Song That 
Reached My Heart. ^' 'The author has quoted some from that song. 



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